Charles B.  Lounsbury, senior vice president of strategy, marketing and acquisitions for U.S. supply chain solutions at Ryder Systems Inc., Miami, retired from his post at the end of 2005. Additionally, Ryder chose Kevin Bott as senior vice president and chief information officer.

Toyota Material Handling USA Inc., Irvine, Calif., has named Adam Hughes national dealer sales manger, Eric Robinson national IT manager, Larry Sanders fleet services manager and Curt Rhoades rental and remarketing manager.

Pall Corp., East Hills, N.Y., has elected Glen Petaja corporate vice president with global responsibility for the Pall Advanced Separation Systems (PASS) business. He has served as president of PASS since its inception in 2002 and will retain that title.

Sidel Inc., Norcross, Ga., has promoted Gregory Luka vice president of sales and business development for North America, replacing David Schroeder, who was promoted to zone vice president for North America.

Harland Machine Systems has named Huang Yeujin general manager of the newly formed Harland Machine Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

Nordson Corp., Amherst, Ohio, has appointed William Donges container marketing manager, and Edward Lash product manager for its liquid container business.